Mahmoud Sultanovich Sakalov (russian: Махму́д Султа́нович Сака́лов ) is a Russian politician of
Ingush ethnicity. He is serving as the Chairman of the People's Assembly of the Republic of
Ingushetia
Ingushetia (; russian: Ингуше́тия; inh, ГӀалгӏайче, Ghalghayče), officially the Republic of Ingushetia,; inh, Гӏалгӏай Мохк, Ghalghay Moxk is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. ...
. Sakalov has an educated background, and is a lawyer.
Biography
Sakalov was born in
Makinsk
Makinsk ( kk, Макинск, ''Makinsk''; russian: Макинск) is a town in northern-central Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of Bulandy District in Aqmola Region. Population:
Geography
Makinsk is located in the Kokshetau Hills ...
,
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
on January 1, 1950 to Ingush parents, who were
deported out of the Soviet Union. The family eventually returned to Russia, where he graduated from the Odessa Technological Institute of Food industry in 1975. Since 1992, Sakalov started his political career, where he was Chairman of the Committee of the Food Processing Industry, and worked as Deputy Minister of Agriculture in Ingushetia. He did, at one point study law. Since 2003, Sakalov is chairman of the People's Assembly of the Republic of Ingushetia. Sakalov is a member of the
United Russia
United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Conservatism in Russia, Russian conservative List of political parties in Russia, political party. As the largest party in Russia, it hold ...
party since 2002. He is married, and has six children.
References
BiographyМахмуд Сакалов: «Власть должна диктовать условия»
1950 births
Living people
United Russia politicians
21st-century Russian politicians
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